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<p class="heading0">ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)</p>
<p class="heading1"><a href="BaseChart.htm">BaseChart</a>.<wbr>makeChart</p>
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<p class="heading2a">Usage</p>
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public boolean makeChart(String filename)
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<p class="heading2">Description</p>
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Generates the chart image and save it into a file.<br><br>
ChartDirector supports PNG, JPG, GIF, WBMP, BMP, SVG, SVGZ and PDF. The format used is selected based on file extension, which should be png, jpg, jpeg, gif, wbmp, wmp, bmp, svg, svgz or pdf.
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<td>filename</td><td>(Mandatory)</td><td>The name of the file to save the image.</td>
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A true value indicates no error. A false value indicates the operation is unsuccessful.
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